Scorchio! Scorchio! Nimbo cumulos?

You're not having a good time at a festival until you're singing the song from the Pepto Bismol advert are you

I was tidying away books in the library once when I saw a small child run crying to his mum because he'd picked up a Spanish book and thought he'd suddenly forgotten how to read

I didn't realise my new bedlinen was Natural History Museum merch, nor that the other side of the packaging card had a bonus kingfisher print that looks great framed in my little bird gallery. [not seen: puffins, needs frame...]

Dunno if this made it on to English language social media, but a big hooha in France a few days ago: 2 young women got VERY dangerously lost after following a trail map they prompted from Chat. They were trying to reach a refuge that in reality was 180 km away. Mountain rescue.

My @gailmyerscough.co.uk t-shirt arrived in time for the holidays. 🍦

Saddens me a bit when I have friends round for dinner and they say "oh we owe you a dinner now". No, I do this because you're my friends, if you want to have us round for dinner do it because you want to see us. When did friendship become so transactional/contractual - I blame Thatcher... /rant

I have a joke about the sirens but... I SAID I HAVE A JOKE ABOUT THE SIRENS! THE SIRENS! HELLO?

Richard Littler@richardlittler.bsky.social · 5d ago

I have a joke about medusa, but it will petrify you.

There's an archaeologist on Digging for Britain wearing a Danebury Metal Detecting Club t-shirt. #detectorists

Why can I only hear the names of all these in Brian Butterfield’s voice?

What the... I think Adrian Chiles has written something that, despite the headline, isn't a self centred piece of fluff for once. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’d never cried during a live broadcast – then three poignant words had me sobbing | Adrian Chiles

I couldn’t help choking up when the writer Katriona O’Sullivan told me her life story. Now I’m on a mission to get everyone to read her memoir, writes Adrian Chiles

theguardian.com

They should A/B test this with a "This doesn't seem like AI slop" button

Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 7d ago

Oh my God, this is not a drill - LinkedIn has added 'seems like AI slop' as an option on posts Genuinely thought it was a joke until I clicked on a few posts

Someone wants toys for when their baby grandson visits and Freegle has generated... this mutant...

Just when I thought it was impossible to love Ken Burns more, he does this. youtu.be/S_ZXMiXChfI

Ken Burns Wants You To Watch America: Birth Of A Nation

YouTube video by The Onion

youtu.be

What's your sign?

Nostalgic Things@nostalgicthing.bsky.social · last wk.

What’s your sign?

Botticelli's Birth of Grotbags. PeriFeral Imps making-of video, with very silly sound effects, here: www.facebook.com/share/v/18nb...

I thought I knew this skit, but watching it again it's an even bigger work of genius. Not least the little bits of business the Stilgoes do in the background, interacting with each other. Lord only knows how much studio and editing time this took.

Why Don't YouTube?@whydontyoutube.bsky.social · last wk.

HOW HAS THIS BEEN ON YOUTUBE FOR THREE MONTHS AND NOBODY THOUGHT TO TELL US, IT'S BEEN WDYT?'S HOLY GRAIL FOR YEARS www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPA...

Sad to wake up to the news that Bill Oddie died after repeated blows to the head from a large black pudding. #eckythump

I just saw a list of space-related stock market ticker codes and one of them was KRMN. Sadly not what I thought it was.

Is there an individual cycling multi-sport event, like a pentathlon but for bikes? Road race, track race, downhill, cross-country, BMX?

Nature's umbrellas. Yes it's raining.

Not sure if that's a huge spade or tiny people.

Do we have data on this, rather than survey responses, from 25 years of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"?

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2w ago

People plump for the 50k because they’re answering a different question. They’re being asked “Can you afford to turn down a guaranteed fifty grand” and for most people, the answer is going to be “No”, regardless of how many times you tell them it’s obviously better to flip the coin.

Sound on for this one. Scariest end title "music" ever. How did kids like me get out of the 70s without going insane?

Scarred For Life@scarredforlife.bsky.social · 2w ago

The creepy end titles to ITV's spooky kid's drama ESCAPE INTO NIGHT (1972). Because sometimes, children's drawings are *deeply* unnerving.

When you get posts on here with "please take a moment to read my story", just take a moment to block them.

Premiering at the Mars Odeon.

"He was the boss, he liked Joe Loss, he was straight outta Denis Compton"

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago

BBC2 are showing the musical act between the cricket matches and it sounds like an audio feed from a microphone under a chair on the far side of the ground. Get a mix from the desk ffs!

You report this like its a bad thing... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Racing fearful Burnham and new government may have gambling in sights

A ban on bookies sponsorship in sport that did not exempt horse racing would be potentially ruinous for the industry

theguardian.com

This site will select a Rothko based on the weather where you are, just choose your location. rothko.joonas.wtf